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Aged and low quality - the training, not the bookJanuary 22, 2001 7 out of 12 found this review helpful
Althought Barbara Woodhouse is renowned for being one of the best trainers from a couple of decades ago, even this book cannot make her apauling methods appear any better. Her abusive and consistent use of the cursed choke chain and details of her harsh methods she would use upon canine delinquents is awful to detail the least. Neither a book for the first-time, nor the experienced dog owner...not even for non dog owners. After reading this book, I feel better prepared to exploit modern, more effective, kinder training methods that utilise some of the practices described in this book. Why not try: "Dog Training, The Gentle Modern Method" by David WESTON, "Why Does My Dog...?" and "Think Dog!" by John FISHER? Much more detailed, and a lot more pleasant..for both dog and owner! There are one or two aspects of this book that are slightly mroe pleasing however. Woodhouse makes you sit up and think, even if that is just the sound of her military style voice that you can her pounding through the page! Woodhouse has captured the market, simply by gaining such high popularity over TV publicity in the early years. Now, however, there are better on the market. Avoid at all costs for the better available.
